25 Days of Weird Christmas: Your Family

The clock is ticking down to that annual moment when you walk through the front door of your parents’ home, arms laden with gifts for small nephews, mind weary from travel, and some sibling finds some small biting and critical thing to say that sends you into a spiraling, uncontrollable rage. Your goodwill toward men has devolved into a regressive fit, you are stammering, spewing bile toward the people you presumably love and cherish, you have lost your grip on all that is sacred. If your palms are sweaty at the thought, watch this video with surprisingly useful tips. Takeaway point: adjust your expectations and remember to breathe.

If you need help remembering that nobody’s family is perfect, just take a peek at the holiday documentation from AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com. Take a look at these people, and you’ll breathe easier about your own clan.